# So where are the extreme fundies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301 "2005-08-30T18:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/1 "2005-08-30T18:43:29Z")
…saying that obviously New Orleans was destroyed because it’s a haven for sin, and debauchery? It was only a few days before someone was yelling about last year’s tsunami was a result of that region’s sin and not being Christian. The first thing I thought of when I heard Katrina was on the way to New Orleans was “Oh great, now we have to deal with people saying it was the wrath of God…” Surely Fred Phelps and everyone haven’t actually grown a conscious? Or have they just not thought of it, and now I’m feeding them a terrible idea. Maybe I shouldn’t hit submit. Oops, too late. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/2 "2005-08-30T19:00:17Z")
Well, neither godhatesfags nor godhatesamerica appears to have been updated recently, but I’m sure they will be. > [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Surely Fred Phelps and everyone haven’t actually grown a conscious? Nope. And they probably haven’t grown a conscience, either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/3 "2005-08-30T19:04:47Z")
They’ll be here soon enough, and you’ll be here to give them the attention they’re so desperately seeking. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/4 "2005-08-30T19:09:13Z")
Well, the hurricane did hit just before [Southern Decadence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_decadence) so you just know Freddie Kruger^H^H^H^H^H^H Phelps is going to have something to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/5 "2005-08-30T19:11:42Z")
Pat Robertson might have been good for something like this, but he’s likely keeping his mouth shut lately after getting a public shellacking on that assassination thing. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/6 "2005-08-30T19:12:46Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > … > Nope. And they probably haven’t grown a conscience, either. 😉 No, see, what I meant was…um. That they…grew conscious. Like, you know…woke up. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/7 "2005-08-30T19:24:56Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > you’ll be here to give them the attention they’re so desperately seeking. Somehow, I don’t think that Freddie and the gang are sitting around going, “OH MAN! People are _mentioning us_ on _message boards_ on the _internet_! This is exactly what we wanted!” News coverage, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/8 "2005-08-30T19:34:58Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Somehow, I don’t think that Freddie and the gang are sitting around going, “OH MAN! People are _mentioning us_ on _message boards_ on the _internet_! This is exactly what we wanted!” > > News coverage, on the other hand… Yeah, but I’m pretty sure that whore will take what he can get. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/9 "2005-08-30T20:30:32Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > And they probably haven’t grown a conscience, either. Maybe they grew couscous. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/10 "2005-08-30T21:03:20Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Pat Robertson might have been good for something like this, but he’s likely keeping his mouth shut lately after getting a public shellacking on that assassination thing. I wouldn’t count on it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/11 "2005-08-30T21:12:21Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Maybe they grew couscous. No, not from The Sterile Couscous ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/12 "2005-08-30T21:15:51Z")
I’ve seen a lot about religious groups metioned in the news articles I’ve been reading. Mainly about relief charities trying to help the victims. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/13 "2005-08-30T21:21:19Z")
My hunch is they’re in queue, but are currently being overshadowed & drowned out by the hot air coming from the global-warming doomsday crowd. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/14 "2005-08-30T22:07:48Z")
Jews are responsible for hurricanes. How? Secret Jew magic! Spells concocted by devout orthodox New York Jews to publish unobservant Florida Jews. Gays are responsible for tornadoes? How? Angry God! Where ever you find a tornado a queer is queening it up nearby. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/15 "2005-08-30T23:30:07Z")
Well, CNN is already shoveling blame in Bush’s direction. Some snarky comment was made about the La. National Guard being on duty in Iraq and unavailable. There are 8000 NG still in Louisiana, plus Texas is standing by to aid if needed. I wonder how long it will be before Bush is blamed for causing the hurricane. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/16 "2005-08-30T23:40:14Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I wonder how long it will be before Bush is blamed for causing the hurricane. Well, I’m sure that all those explosions and heavy armament fire have upset the delicate balance of the Iraqi desert eco-system and you know how sensitive the global climate is. Nah… I got nothin’… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/17 "2005-08-30T23:53:39Z")
Plus, the hurricane also hit and destroyed Southern Alabama and Southern Mississippi. That area isn’t exactly a gay Mecca and both states went solidly for Bush. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/18 "2005-08-31T03:16:05Z")
[How about this?](http://evesapple.blogspot.com/2005/08/i-do-not-make-this-shit-up.html) > [@](#): > > The image of the hurricane above with its eye already ashore at 12:32 PM Monday, August 29 looks like a fetus (unborn human baby) facing to the left (west) in the womb, in the early weeks of gestation (approx. 6 weeks). > > _snippage_ > > Louisiana has 10 child-murder-by-abortion centers - FIVE are in New Orleans > [www.ldi.org](http://www.ldi.org) (‘Find an Abortion Clinic [sic]’) > > Baby-murder state # 1 - California (125 abortion centers) - land of earthquakes, forest fires, and mudslides > Baby-murder state # 2 - New York (78 abortion centers) - 9-11 Ground Zero > Baby-murder state # 3 - Florida (73 abortion centers) - Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne in 2004; and now, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 > > God’s message: REPENT AMERICA ! I don’t get their logic…ten isn’t that many. Why not Michigan (36), Ohio (20), or North Carolina (16)? What about Texas and their 47? 30 in Jersey, 21 in Pennsylvania, and so on. Not to mention that Mississippi has only one remaining “death camp” (in the words of their source), and the storm turned and hit them harder. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/19 "2005-08-31T04:15:37Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > [How about this?](http://evesapple.blogspot.com/2005/08/i-do-not-make-this-shit-up.html) > I don’t get their logic…ten isn’t that many. Why not Michigan (36), Ohio (20), or North Carolina (16)? What about Texas and their 47? 30 in Jersey, 21 in Pennsylvania, and so on. > > Not to mention that Mississippi has only one remaining “death camp” (in the words of their source), and the storm turned and hit them harder. That image of it looks more like an octopus to me. Maybe God’s message was “Stop killing octopuses!” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301/20 "2005-08-31T04:50:20Z")
Well actually…on the message board I visit to keep track of just this sort of thing I’ve seen two phenomenons. The first being general condemnation by most people of anyone suggesting that it’s the wrath of god. And specific condemnation by the board itself, locking threads and threatening to ban anyone who does suggest it; “in an effort to be compassionate to those who are affected by Hurricain Katrina”. They didn’t feel any need for similar compassion for the tsunami victims. Apparently too many Christians were affected this time. The other phenomenon, amoung those who want to call it god’s judgement, seems to be not that it’s a hot bed of vice but…wait for it…it’s punishment for us supporting the pullout in the Gaza strip. You just never know how the fundie mind is going to work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-extreme-fundies/319301.md?page=2)